Dec. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1363

Rural Lands open for Sale or Selection, Auckland Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey, Auckland, 22nd October, 1891.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of sections 3 to 11 of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887,” either for cash, on deferred payments, or for perpetual lease, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 9th December, 1891. In cases where more than one application is received for the same section, priority of choice will be decided by priority of application for unsurveyed land, and by lot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland, for surveyed land :—

Comprises about 16 acres undulating fern and scrub land, balance swamp; situated about two miles from Waiuku Township.

Sections 262 and 479, open land of good quality, at head of Matahuru River; 340 and 341, about two-thirds kahikatea bush, remainder fern and tall manuka, good rich soil, of a level and undulating nature; 342, comprises kahikatea and mixed bush, soil rich. These sections are at the head of the Mangawhara River.

SECOND-CLASS SURVEYED LAND.

Comprises about one-third mixed bush, remainder open and swamp land containing flax and raupo.

Section 5, about two-thirds mixed bush, remainder swamp, fern, and tea-tree; 11, all mixed bush. Access to these lands is gained by bridle-track from Rawene, Victoria Valley Road. Section 5 is a museum endowment. (Forfeited deferred payment.)

Section N.W. 95, poor open land, covered with fern and tea-tree; 162, all mixed bush; 167, nearly all open fern and tea-tree land, of a poor nature, containing a little bush. (A right-of-way is reserved through Sections 162 and 167 to enable timber to be taken from adjoining sections.)

Section 191A, nearly all open and poor land, with a little mixed bush on eastern side; 227A, all light mixed bush, extending to Mangonui River.

| Waikato .. | Whangamarino* | 472 | .. | 494 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 247 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 15 8 9 | 0 0 6 | 6 3 6 |

Comprises one-fourth open fern and tea-tree land, balance mixed bush of generally broken character, situated about eighteen miles from Wairangi Railway-station by road.

Sections 347, 399, and 404, from about 25 to 40 acres each of good swamp, remainder open indifferent land; 475, about 50 acres swampy kahikatea bush, balance fern and manuka, soil good; 477, about 60 acres good flax and raupo swamp, balance open land and undulating but poor; 478, all more or less deep swamp of good quality, containing flax and about 200 acres of kahikatea bush. These sections are at the head of the Mangawhara River.

Section 133, all open poor land near south end of tunnel; 137A, open land close to Waitakerei Railway-station. (Forfeited deferred payment.)

SECOND-CLASS UNSURVEYED LAND.

Hokianga County.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in Block I., Whangape Survey District, and containing approximately 620 acres. Bounded towards the north by Sections Nos. 31, 32, 33, and 34 of Block I, Whangape Survey District; towards the east generally by the Mangonui–Hokianga Road; towards the south by Block IV., Whangape Survey District; and towards the west by Section No. 35 of Block I., Whangape Survey District, to the point of commencement.

All mixed forest land of fair quality, situated on main Rawene–Takahue Road. Price, 10s. an acre.

Waitemata County.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in the Parish of Karangahape, and containing approximately 320 acres. Bounded towards the north generally by the sea and by Sections Nos. 103 and 108 of the Parish of Karangahape; towards the north-east by said Section No. 108; towards the south-west by Section No. 34 of the said parish; and towards the west generally by the sea to the point of commencement.

Very broken land, covered with mixed forest and scrub, situated on sea-coast one mile north of Manukau Heads. Price, 10s. an acre.

Whakatane County.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in the Parish of Waiotahi, and containing approximately 2,600 acres. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 456 of the Parish of Waiotahi; towards the east by a right line running due south from the south-eastern angle of the last-named section to the confiscation boundary; towards the south by the confiscation boundary; and towards the west by the Waiotahi River to the point of commencement.

Very broken forest land of fair quality. Price, 7s. 6d. per acre.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.